The Premature Burial: First Published In 1844
- ISBN-10
- 1544096283
- ISBN-13
- 9781544096285
- Series
- The Premature Burial
- Pages
- 28
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-03
- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe
Description
The short story "The Premature Burial" features the theme of being buried - alive! The unnamed narrator describes his struggle with "attacks of the singular disorder which physicians have agreed to term catalepsy," a condition where he randomly falls into a death-like trance. This leads to his fear of being buried alive ... The fear of being buried alive was common in Poe's period and the author was taking advantage of the public interest. The story has been adapted to film.
